Nutrition

From 2018 to 2023, together with French NGO Gret and a consortium of partners, the Hystra team co-led the design and implementation of the Meriem project, a 5-year effort to develop commercial solutions to prevent malnutrition in urban areas of the Sahel region...

Since 2020, Hystra has been supporting the Rural Support Network of Pakistan (RSPN) to launch and execute a market test in three rural districts of Pakistan, aiming to improve access and uptake of maternal nutrition products, with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation…

For several decades, pioneer companies, entrepreneurs and non-profit organizations have attempted to build women networks selling “beneficial” products in their communities, with some level of success…

For traditional fast-moving consumer goods companies, maximizing product penetration can be a sound business strategy, but it cannot suffice for brands…

While we might like to think we are 'loyal' to a brand’s products, the reality is that even established brands have a majority of light users (or very light users)…

“The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s support was the critical catalyst as we looked to expand beyond low-income rural markets to serve low-income urban areas…

As of 2014, malnutrition remains a widespread issue across the globe. Families living at the BoP spend an average of 60%…